The first being that you cannot purchase the episodes individually, which makes some feel like they are paying for a preorder of an early access game rather than a polished episodic sequence. Edit: I almost forgot to mention, there are two other huge reasons that many are unhappy with Life is Strange 2.

But until then, we'll have to settle for this. Maybe one day, DONTNOD or Deck Nine will deliver to us Life is Strange: Beyond the Storm. This game makes me long for nothing more than another continuation of Chloe, Rachel and Max's stories. Life is Strange 2, on the other hand feels entirely scripted, and while it is a decent game, good at best, it fails to live up to the name and expectations of its incredible, emotionally-charged predecessors. It gives us the same sense of hopelessness that Chloe must have felt calling Rachel. The player can do nothing but watch as we hear the sound of a camera's shutter capturing a soon-to-be-murdered Rachel. When Rachel's phone is ringing with a call from Chloe and an additional seventeen missed.

The saddest a piece of entertainment media has ever made me feel was the final scene of Life is Strange: Before the Storm. Like real interactions taking place between real people with real emotions.

While there were a few cringe-inducing dialogue lines in the original, it felt real. The type of relationship many of us could only dream of having. Then in the prequel, we get to see something truly special develop between Chloe and Rachel. In the original Life is Strange, Chloe's need to find Rachel, the one person who was there for her in an intense time of desperation, re-sparks a bond that she and her childhood friend Max once had. With that being said, it fails to get even remotely close to achieving the special bond that is present in both Life is Strange and Life is Strange: Before the Storm. The game stacks up well with other choice-based storytelling titles of the same nature. It follows a clichéd story of two brothers whose father was wrongfully killed by a police officer, much unlike the originality of the prior entries into the series. It follows a clichéd story of two brothers whose father was wrongfully killed by a Life is Strange 2 is a good narrative by most standards. Life is Strange 2 is a good narrative by most standards.

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